Jacob broke his arm on July 20th. The following week, on Thursday the 28th, we went in to get his cast. They took x-rays again and found the bones were not straightening. We had 2 options. The Dr. could straighten the bones there in the office, but that would hurt, or we could come in the next morning, they would put him under conscious sedation, and straighten them. We opted for the second choice.
Friday morning we arrived at the hospital at 6:30 a.m.
At 7:30 they took him into the operating room, and 20 minutes later the Dr. came back in and showed us the x-rays with the straightened bones. Jacob was back in the room at 8:30 a.m., had some juice, ate a Popsicle
and we checked out at 9:00 a.m.
Since they had to set the bones he was in a splint again for another week. This last Tuesday (Aug. 9) we went in and they put the cast on. While we waited for the Dr. Jacob rode this around
and wanted to climb on this
(is he trying to break his other arm?) Here are the supplies for the cast.
Here they are wrapping his arm in mesh.
(His arm is a little dirty after being splinted for 3 weeks.) The Dr. holding his arm until the cast was set
(he probably thought I was nuts trying to take pictures!)It is water proof! YEA!! We're headed to the splash park today!
1 comment:
Wow! What an ordeal! I'm glad he has his cast and that it's waterproof.
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